[SharpRightTurn]

Nothing would make me break out into a Spring dance more than news that Boehner would be replaced as Speaker by a conservative.

“Majority Leader Eric Cantor has turned up the intensity of his outreach to members in preparation for the possibility Boehner retires”

Heaven help us if we go from Boehner to Cantor.

“but is facing new questions from the right about his conservative bona fides.”

That may well be the understatement of the day.

[Defiant]

What would be nice would be if someone emerges as the leader of the conservative part of the caucus, and he says publicly that if the Republicans win a majority, he will seek the speakership. Someone charismatic and smart. Then, conservatives need to go into districts and ask the candidates who they will vote for. We need to build a groundswell, not for Republicans, but for conservatives. We can't do it from the outside, though, someone on the inside has to step up, and then we can help.

Gingrich fought his leadership for years, and when he finally had a majority of the caucus behind him, he created the Contract for America and was the driving force behind taking the house in 1994. Talk Radio helped, but without someone on the inside driving it, it would not have happened. We need a Gingrich for this era.